Daily Mail Woo's Paper - Body & Soul CD collection - What's the Woo Factor?

[H3LL]

The Daily Mail, not well known for their critical reporting on anything woo, is currently offering free CDs over the next 3 weeks.

Body & Soul Collection (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/prmts/prmts.html?in_article_id=426748&in_page_id=1777)

What is your woo rating for the delights on offer?

Placebo effect, general relaxation and exercise all have a known benefit, those elements can remove 10% off the woo rating.

For example:

Yoga - Stretching and exercise for a few minutes is fine. Thinking a prolonged session of yoga is doing you good - placebo effect. Relaxing, also fine. You may decide that a bit of stretching and relaxing that makes you feel good is fine (10% off) but feel that the rest is utter bilge and give a 90% woo rating.Feng Shui - No conceivable benefit - Woo rating 100%.Tranquil Waters - It's music - What the hey! - 0%You decide.

Copy the table below and put in your woo rating and any comments on any/all the CDs.





Yoga for beginners (2 x CD)- Woo Factor %Aromatherapy - Woo Factor %Reflexology - Woo Factor %Tai Chi - Woo Factor %Indian Head Massage - Woo Factor % Pilates - Woo Factor %Feng Shui - Woo Factor %Instant Relaxation - Woo Factor %Tranquil Waters (music) - Woo Factor %Back In Shape - Niel Summer- Woo Factor %Mystical Ocean (music)- Woo Factor %Yoga for children - Woo Factor %Deepest Rainforest (music) - Woo Factor %The Food Doctor Diet Club - Woo Factor %Alphastate: Music for Yoga - Woo Factor %7 Steps to a better life - Woo Factor %Alphastate: Music For Pilates - Woo Factor %Thanks in advance for your time.

Cheers. :D

ETA: Tables? How to do them?

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[Mojo]

I haven't time to go through the list, but the Quackometer (http://www.quackometer.net) rated the page at 7 canards.

[H3LL]

I haven't time to go through the list, but the Quackometer (http://www.quackometer.net) rated the page at 7 canards.

:D

This web site is using serious amounts of quack medicine terms. It is throwing in some scientific jargon and may be doing this to give an appearance of knowledgablity. It shows no sceptical awareness and so should be treated with a suspicious mind. It also looks like this site is trying to sell stuff. Buyer Beware!


The "apology (http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2006/12/daily-mail-apology.html)" page starts off exactly right:

...the Daily Mail is a deeply ignorant and offensive paper that panders to its bigoted readers' prejudices and does nothing but promote its right wing individualistic nonsense. Furthermore, I may have left the impression that the Daily Mail is little more than a conduit for alternative medicine fraudsters who use the rag to promote their deluded and dangerous wares through a credulous and uncritical science editorial policy.

Although they have a little way to go yet, even with those rare gems.


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